Cognitive decline with age is normal, routine — but not inevitable
From the Linus Pauling Institute at OSU media release: If you forget where you put your car keys and you can’t seem to remember things as well as you used to, the problem may well…
Autism affects different parts of the brain in women and men
From the University of Cambridge media release: Autism affects different parts of the brain in females with autism than males with autism, a new study reveals. The research is published today in the journal Brain as an…
NIH researchers discover how brain cells change their tune
From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke media release: Brain cells talk to each other in a variety of tones. Sometimes they speak loudly but other times struggle to be heard. For many…
Silky brain implants may help stop spread of epilepsy
From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke media release: Silk has walked straight off the runway and into the lab. According to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, silk implants…
Stray Prenatal Gene Network Suspected in Schizophrenia
From the NIH media release: Researchers have reverse-engineered the outlines of a disrupted prenatal gene network in schizophrenia, by tracing spontaneous mutations to where and when they likely cause damage in the brain. Some people…
Putting the brakes on pain: researchers protect gaba neurons from oxidative stress
From the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston media release: Neuropathic pain — pain that results from a malfunction in the nervous system — is a daily reality for millions of Americans. Unlike normal…
Speedier scans reveal new distinctions in resting and active brain
From the Washington University in St. Louis media release: A boost in the speed of brain scans is unveiling new insights into how brain regions work with each other in cooperative groups called networks. Scientists…
Why don’t we all get Alzheimer’s disease?
From the University of California – San Diego media release: Though one might think the brains of people who develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) possess building blocks of the disease absent in healthy brains, for most…
Stimulating Brain Cells Can Make False Memories
From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) media release: Any crime scene investigator can tell you that memories are unreliable; the way people remember a place or event changes over time and varies between individuals. But…
Two Dimensions of Value: Dopamine Neurons Represent Reward but Not Aversiveness
From the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) media release: To make decisions, we need to estimate the value of sensory stimuli and motor actions, their “goodness” and “badness.” We can imagine that…